supported by the National Basic Research Program of China(2011CB301705,2012CB315701);the Program for New Century Excellent Talents in University(NCET-11-0069);the National Natural Science Foundation of China(60907008,60925019,61090393)
We propose a new method for characterizing optical phase modulators based on phase modulation-to-intensity modulation (PM-to-IM) conversion in dispersive fibers.The fiber dispersion spectrally alters the relative phas...